/*
 * Iparelan Annotations Utilities
 * This file is part of Pattern Notes.
 * Copyright (c) 2008, Iparelan Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Pattern Notes is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Pattern Notes is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with Pattern Notes. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package com.iparelan.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Forces creation of a {@code package-info.class} file to avoid repetitive
 * compilation of the corresponding {@code package-info.java} file.
 *
 * @author Greg Mattes
 * @version August 2008
 * @see <nobr><a href="http://gregmattes.blogspot.com/2008/08/compiling-package-infojava-over-and.html">Blog entry for <code>ForcePackageByteCode</code></a></nobr>
 */
@Target(ElementType.PACKAGE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS) // default policy, written explicitly for emphasis
@Copyright("Copyright &copy; 2008, Iparelan Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.")
public @interface ForcePackageByteCode {
}
